Gershom PHINIE's Isaac & Judah HOPKINS his Thomas Baptised on ye same Day

Ebenezer HOPKINS & his Wife ...... publickly manifested their repentance, and were received into ye Chhs charity again on 20 May 1733

Kenelm WINSLOW's Bethia Baptised 27 May 1733

Benjamin SEERS's Wife received from Yarmouth west Chh to ours, 3 Jun 1733

Chillings'th FOSTERS jun : his Thankfull Baptised 17 Jun 1733

Benjamin HOPKIN's Solomon Baptised 24 Jun 1733

Eunice BANGS admitted 1 Jul 1733

Daved BANGS's Nathll Baptised 8 Jul 1733

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Joshua HINCKLY's Elkana Baptised 29 Jul 1733

Thomas HOPKINS's Stephen Baptised 12 Aug 1733

Ebenezer KING's Mary Baptised 19 Aug 1733

John BAKER's Seth Baptised 26 Aug 1733

At ye above date Mercy SMITH, having fallen again even a third time in to ye Scandolus Sin of excessive drinking, She made her publick Confession before ye congregation; and was so farr accepted into ye charity of ye chh as to prevent a formall admonition, yet to be Suspended til ye Pastor and chh, shall think it proper to receive her again in full comunion.

Hatsull FREEMAN's Hatsull Baptised 16 Sep 1733

Benjamin HOPKINS's Wife, having been proved guilty of the Scandalus Sin of drun[p. 56]kenness was admonished before ye Congregation, 23 Sep 1733

10 Feb 1733/4 . Dr. BANGS, a Child of this Chh, having absented himself from ye Publick worship with us for more than half a year, the Chh voted yt Deacon FOSTER w'th [p. 57] Joseph MAYO goe to him to inquire on wt account he does so; and to bring his Raply to ye Pastor to be comunicated to ye Chh.

Heman STONE's Temperence Baptised 24 Feb 1733/4

27 Feb 1733/4 . the messinges above mentioned having been with Dr. BANGS, inform ye Pastor yt ye only reply yt they could obtainfrom him was; That it was none of their business. On ye next Sabbath, his own Father was directed by ye Chh, to indeavour once and again his conviction of ye evill of absenting himself from publick worship, as also, .. of contemning ye Authority of Christ in ye Chh by Saying as above . and if he can't bring him to a Suitable sens of his evills, then to direct his Son to come with him to ye Pastor, yt further indeavours may be used by them both w'th him.

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John RIDER's Elizabeth & Jabez SNOWE's Huldah Baptised 3 Mar 1733/4

Benjamin SEERS's Haman Baptised 17 Mar 1733/4

14 Mar 1733/4 Mr. BANGS having informd the Pastor of his non-complying with wt ye chh desired of him respecting his offending Son, the church appointed a Brother . viz : Judah BERRY to inform Dr. BANGS yt the chh direct him to attend ym the next Lords day at ye conclusion of publick worship, yt then ye Pastor may inform and caution him respecting his evills, avove mentioned. On the same week, ye above mentioned Brother made his return to ye Pastor yt Dr BANGS's answer wasyt it was his pleasure not to comply.

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Accordingly Dr. BANGS did not attend ye Chh on ye next Sabbath as he was directed; However ye Chh concluded, on ye motion mad to ym, to wait sometime, for his triall whether he will yet bethink himself; before they Send a publick formall Admonition to him . this was concluded on, on 31 Mar 1734.

On 28 Apr 1734 . the chh (having waited till then withuot any good event) voted an Admonition to be sent to him . accordingly the following one was sent ye same Day by Deacon Lincoln; viz:

Dr. Jonathan BANGS, you having absented yourself from ye publick Worship, in this chh, wheoff you are a child both by birth and baptisme, or Lamb of ye Flock, as Christ expresses it, now for near or quite a year; you having also refused to hear ye Chh, when they sent [p. 60] to you to know ye reason of your so absenting yourself; and after this still expressing further contempt of ye authority of Christ in ye Chh, by insultingly replying, yt it was not your pleasure to comply with an order sent from ye chh to you, to have attened at an appointed time to receive ye Pastors information and cautions then to have been given to you; You also still persisting in the same neglect and contempt, after severall months patience exercised toward you; I doe now, in ye Name and by ye Authority of my Lord and Master, ye exalted Redeemer, and with ye consent of this his chh, solemnly warn and Admonish you, that your venture on no longer in this way of neglecting ye ordinances and contemning ye authority of ye Lord Redeemer in this Chh; least you be Speechless at yt Day, when we must all appear before ye Judgm't Seat of Christ. -- Nathll STONE, Pastor

Benjamin HOPKINS's Wife having made a publick confession of her sin of excessive drinking strong drink, and manifested repentance for it, was readmited to ye comunion of ye chh, on condition of her gospell-becoming conversation till ye Spring, 24 Nov 1734

Mary FREEMAN, (now DOAN) dau to Mr. Nathll FREEMAN ...... I took [p. 65] occasion to talk with her in her mother's presence; .... after this I laid before both ye parents their duty respecting their daughter; ... On 20 Apr 1735 the Chh gave their voice with me, yt our Brother Joshua MARICK Should goe to her with this message, viz : You are directed by ye Pastor [p. 66] with ye consent of ye Brethren to attend ye Chh wheroff you are a child, within 2 or 3 Sabbaths, to receive an Admonition .... according to Gospell rule.

This message was delivered as ye messinger infored me . but She did not attend as appointed, nor did She give or Send any Reason why She did not. accordingly on 22 Jun 1735 a written Admonition, with ye Consent of ye Brethren, being read in ye Congregation, was appointed to be sent to her by our Brother Eleazer CROSBY.

Joshua HYNKLIE's Nathan Baptised 29 Jun 1735

John DILLINGAM's Rhoda Baptised 20 Jul 1735

Kenelm WINSLOW's Phebe Baptised 3 Aug 1735

John CROSBIE's John Baptised 31 Aug 1735

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John RIDER's John Baptised 21 Sep 1735

Wm CROSBIE's Huldah Baptised 5 Oct 1735

Edward GRAYE's Hannah* 9 Nov 1735

Andrew CLARK jun : his Wife on her publickly submiting to ye new covenant way of life, and asking admission to ye priviledges of ys chh as to baptisme for herself and children, was accordingly Baptised 9 Nov 1735

Gershom HALL's wife was admited to baptism on her professed Subjection to ye terms of ye new covenant, promising to submit to ye Government of Christ in ys Chh, and to bring up her child (for wc she desired babtism wn it . Should be bro't [p. 73] forth) in ye nurture and admonition of ye Lord. And also Joseph PARKER's wife of Falmouth owned ye covenant and had her child, Joseph, Baptised 16 Oct 1737

23 Apr 1738. Voted by ye Church That inasmuch as we may not make terms of comunion with ye Chh, which Christ ahs not made; & not finding any thing in ye Scripture yt will evince yt publick Relations of experiences of a work of ye Spirit on ye hearts of Christians is required as a term necessary to full comunion; we doe not hencefortward insist on it as necessary' tho, neither doe we condemn Such as may be of a contrary mind.

Thankfull NOCORSON, a child of this Chh, (tho her mother be now of Chatham Chh) ... made her confession in Chatham Chh, some time before ye last above Date

John SNOWE's William Baptised 5 Nov 1738

The Brethren of ye Chh in Pochoh having sent to me a written confession of thier Sins in precipitently Settling Mr. OSBORN -- in their not having yt charity and truth for Mr. LORD and me, wch they ought to have had for us -- in admitting to their comunion excomunicate members -- in wt they did as to ye Billingsgate affair, and having asked pardon of God and man, mentioning us in particular as to tha; I read this their confession in my Congre[p. 78]gation on 5 Nov 1738 and publickly declared my forgivness of ym according to ye command of Christ in Luke 17 . 3 . only with ye exception of Such (if there Should be any Such) as doe not assent to and apporve of this confession.

Seth CLARK's Wife .... manifested her repentance .... & submited to the terms of ye[p. 79] New Covenant & was thereupon accepted by ye Chh to partake both herself and children of ye ordinance of Baptism, 11 Feb 1738/9

Thomas CROSBY of Deacon admited to full comunion, 18 Feb 1738/9

Seth CLARK's Wife Baptised 25 Feb 1738/9

John DILLINGHAM's Mehittabel & Watson FREEMAN's Watson also Baptised at the above Date

Benjamin FREEMAN jun : & his Wife .... both made their publick confession .... which respacting ye former was voted accepted by ye Chh; and respecting ye later, it was, no doubt, approved; tho she not being a child of this Chh, a formall vote was not passed with respect to her, 8 Apr 1739

On 9 Mar 1739/40 . our Brother Joseph MAYO was chosen to ye office of a Deacon, by a clear vote of ye Chh; nad ye choice confirmed by the Pastor

Roger KING's Zilpah Baptised 16 Mar 1739/40

On 21 Mar 1739/40, I told Neighbor WEEKS on his application to me for advice, yt I ever dislik[p. 84]ed his preaching to the Indians; and Solemnly advised him, as I was Pastor to a Chh of which he is a member, not to presume to preach to any English Congregation; in consideration of a Print of 1735 . which I had laid before him for his conviction; & then also minded him of the case of Uzza & Uzziah who ventured on what belonged only to the Priests.

On 18 May 1740 . Thomas WINSLOW, who had charged Deacon FOSTER, [p. 85] w under oath to have given in at ye Court a false testimony, which charge of his was also publick, he made before ye Chh, a publick acknowledgment of his sin, expressing repentance for it, and was therupon restored to ye charity & Comunion of ye Chh again.

Nathll FREEMAN of Prince having professed Subjection to ye terms of ye new Covenant & also to ye government & watch of this Chh was Baptised 1 Jun 1740. His Son, Silvanus also on the Sabbath next following

Prince FREEMAN's dau Mary ... made her publick confession, professed subjection to ye new Covenant way to life, submision also to ye government of this Chh, promiss[p. 86]ed to bring her child in ye nuture and admonition of ye Lord; wherupon She with her child, James were baptized on 8 Jun 1740

Suzanna, his dau at ye same time having profesed subjection to ye new Covenant and to ye government of this Chh, was Baptised; & then his children in minority also, viz : Barnabas, Kezia, Moses & Elizabeth

Seth WINSLOW's Wife admitted to full comunion 6 Jul 1740. She with her son Nathll Baptised 13 Jul 1740

Jeremiah BAKER's Jeremiah Baptised, eodem tempore

John BACON's Mary Baptised 24 Aug 1740

Icabod VICORIE's Abner Baptised 31 Aug 1740

Thomas SNOW's Isaac Baptised 14 Sep 1740

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Joshua COWELL's Edward Baptised 14 Sep 1740

Prince SNOW, deceased, his Mary Baptised 28 Sep 1740

Lot GRAY's John Baptised 12 Oct 1740

John FLETCHER's Wife dismised from this Chh to that in Marsfield 26 Oct 1740

Heman STONE's Reliance & Samll WING's Isaac Baptised at ye above date

Joshua SEERS's Paul Baptised 2 Nov 1740

Respecting our Brother K. WINSLOW, Evidences having been laid before the Chh, yt he had made certain Proposalls before a number [p. 88] of persons; and after some time denyed yt ever he had made any such proposalls; on ye Evidences laid before ym and pondered by ym as to both his proposing, and after that denying, they voted yt according to their judgments, on ye Evidences laid before them, he had denyed the truth and to appearance the known truth, and that with a purpose to deceive. The Chh also having had Evidences laid before ym yt he had publickly said that he had proved Ensign CLARK a lyer by twelve me; the Chh voted that by ye Evidences laid before them he was proved guilty of ye Sensurable Sin of Reviling, according to wt we [p. 89] read in I Cor : 6 . 10 . compared with I Cor : 5 . 11. Consequent on these votes concured by ye Paston on 2 Nov 1740 . K. WINSLOW was publickly laid under Admonition for the above mentioned Scandalus Sin.

Kanelm WINSLOW having been notified by Deacon FOSTER on ye preceeding Sabbath to attend to his sentence of Excomunication, was accordingly cast out ofye Chh on 16 Aug 1741, having been Suspended above a year before.

Lazarus GRIFFITH's Rebekka Baptised 23 Aug 1741

Nathll SNOW admitted to full comunion with the Chh 13 Sep 1741

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Thomas HINKLEY's Mary Baptised 20 Sep 1741

Benjamin SEER's Enoch Baptised 27 Sep 1741

Jacob DAVIS, a child of Barnstable Chh, owned ye Covenant on 4 Oct 1741. And his children, Kezia, Mary & Suzanna, all Baptised on ye Sabbath next following

In less yn 6 months have been admitted to Full Communion 20 Persons and hardly any in Severall year[s] before this. So Sovereign is God as to this as well as other things. The whole chh now, on 11 Oct 1742 consists of 41 males & I suppose double ye number of females.

On occasion of a Covenant promiss made by me, to these Persons on ye Chhs behalf; I said yt a Councill of Chhs have indeed advised this Chh to violate their Covenant promiss (meaning in ye late Excomunicated case) but we have obtained ye mercy to reject their advice, and keep close to ye holy Scriptures.

On Sep 1743 . Sarah ROBBINS on account of testimonies brought in against here as being guilty of ye Sin of lying, was directed by ye Pastor not to come to ye Ordinance of the Lords Supper. She professing to sup[p. 104]pose yt She could invalidate the Evidences, had severall weeks allowed her for it, but having not done it; the Evidences were laid before ye Chh, on 16 Oct 1743. Also 2 of ye Brethren were then chosen to goe to the women in Yarmouth who sent their evidences, to inquire of ym whether they doe own and abide by their testimony; which these Brethren Since declare not only yt they doe but yt Matthias BIRGES testifies the Same with ym, only wth ths reserve yt to their best remembrance it was Samll WING with whom ye wager was Said to be laid . this one 30 Oct . was laid before ye Chh, and it was proposed to ym to consider how far this reserve would tend to inva[p. 105]lidate their evidences, or whether it would doe it at all.

Mr. SELEW's Katharine Baptised 30 Oct 1743

Eleazer ROBBINS's Abigail Baptised 6 Nov 1743

On 12 Oct . Sarah ROBBINS asked ye Pastor yt further time might be allowed her for triall whether she could not invalidate ye Evidences, which was allowed her.

Joseph SNOW's Nathan Baptised 13 Nov 1743

On 11 Dec . it was thought proper in ye Chh yt Sarah ROBBINS's concern Should be defered Some time yet longer. The Evidences Shrinking backing out from wt they had testified to in writing, ye Chh voted ym not sufficient on 22 Jan 1743